Splish Splash (Salem, Dundee, Dayton: power lines, houses, neighborhood)

[Larry Caldwell]

The weather report tonight was very interesting. "There's a BIG glop of moisture heading our way. If it was in the Gulf of Mexico, it would be a hurricane. There's an even bigger one behind it that should be here Sunday."

Traditionally the winter storms don't start until the first week of November. This one is showing up a week early. If you ski, they are predicting up to 18 inches of snow above 6000 ft.

[puerco]

Were you living in Oregon on October 12, 1962? Oregon DID get hit by a hurricane (I think they're called typhoons or cyclones in the Pacific Ocean.) I was a 12-year-old paperboy and was unable to deliver my papers because of all of the trees that had blown on top of the houses in Irvington. We watched our neighborhood blow by our dining room window the night before. Power was out for days because so many power lines were down. I know that there were loses of both human & farm animal lives. It's something that no Oregonian living then will ever forget.

[mamh]

Time to get the yellow rubber ducky rain coat..
we are suppose to have last years east coast winter out here.
so hang on to your hats.

[puerco]

I just saw on the news that storm's coming to the SF Bay Area, too. It looks like sunday's going to be the worst day. That's the day I work outside at the nursery all day! It's been drizzling here all day.

[Larry Caldwell]

Originally Posted by puerco

Were you living in Oregon on October 12, 1962? Oregon DID get hit by a hurricane (I think they're called typhoons or cyclones in the Pacific Ocean.) I was a 12-year-old paperboy and was unable to deliver my papers because of all of the trees that had blown on top of the houses in Irvington. We watched our neighborhood blow by our dining room window the night before. Power was out for days because so many power lines were down. I know that there were loses of both human & farm animal lives. It's something that no Oregonian living then will ever forget.

Yeah, I was playing a non-league football game at the Chemawa Indian School that afternoon. We won. The sky got really weird and some huge raindrops came down. By the time we went across the bridge in Salem, the storm had hit. We put our football helmets and pads on again, because we thought the bus might go over, but we made it to Rickreall. After that it was a tail wind all the way back to Amity.

Dolph Schutz and Marilyn McManimie were on Wallace Road when an oak tree blew over on their car. It was a bee tree, and they were stung to death. Dolph was the quarterback on Dayton's football team, and Marilyn was a beautiful and talented violinist.

The Leppins had a small dairy operation on 99W just west of Dundee. Their barn collapsed and killed almost the whole herd. Fortunately, the people were able to get out, but it was milking time and the cows were looking for shelter.

I knew Dolph and Marilyn. Rudy Leppin was one of my brother's classmates. Jan McManimie named a daughter Marilyn, after his sister.

[tablemtn]

Oregon DID get hit by a hurricane (I think they're called typhoons or cyclones in the Pacific Ocean.)

The meteorologists call them "extratropical cyclones" when they hit north of California, I guess. The Columbus Day Storm of '62 was the most destructive weather event to hit the northwest until the floods of 1996. The floods killed fewer people, but did more economic and physical damage.

[puerco]

Wow, Larry. That must've been pretty traumatic for you.

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by Larry Caldwell

Yeah, I was playing a non-league football game at the Chemawa Indian School that afternoon. We won. The sky got really weird and some huge raindrops came down. By the time we went across the bridge in Salem, the storm had hit. We put our football helmets and pads on again, because we thought the bus might go over, but we made it to Rickreall. After that it was a tail wind all the way back to Amity.

Dolph Schutz and Marilyn McManimie were on Wallace Road when an oak tree blew over on their car. It was a bee tree, and they were stung to death. Dolph was the quarterback on Dayton's football team, and Marilyn was a beautiful and talented violinist.

The Leppins had a small dairy operation on 99W just west of Dundee. Their barn collapsed and killed almost the whole herd. Fortunately, the people were able to get out, but it was milking time and the cows were looking for shelter.

I knew Dolph and Marilyn. Rudy Leppin was one of my brother's classmates. Jan McManimie named a daughter Marilyn, after his sister.

That's very terrible Bro.

[ReturningWest]

Originally Posted by puerco

Were you living in Oregon on October 12, 1962? Oregon DID get hit by a hurricane (I think they're called typhoons or cyclones in the Pacific Ocean.) I was a 12-year-old paperboy and was unable to deliver my papers because of all of the trees that had blown on top of the houses in Irvington. We watched our neighborhood blow by our dining room window the night before. Power was out for days because so many power lines were down. I know that there were loses of both human & farm animal lives. It's something that no Oregonian living then will ever forget.

I remember it well, the day before was my 12th birthday and we hovered in the back of the basement for the entire evening and night. No one in my neighborhood was hurt but a lot of houses lost their roofs - blown off and moved down the road, trees down, no power, couldn't get in or out of our area for several days. We always called it the "Columbus Day Storm".

[puerco]

Yeah, the Columbus Day storm. Now that it's no longer called Columbus Day I thought I'd just use the date. I think my parents must not have been believing what they were seeing because they let us stand by the windows and watch the storm. We saw metal garbage cans, pieces of fences, pieces of cars, parts of roofs, etc... roll by our window. I forgot about the roofs that were blown off houses. The trees in Irvington were really tall and a lot of them were lying across the streets with their tops crushing the roofs of houses. I think Holladay Park near Lloyd Center lost at least 1/3 of their trees.
Do you remember the Christmas flood of '65? My buddy & I went down to the Willamette near N. Russell Street & almost got sucked down into the mud. I think it was the worst flooding until '96.